A good way to evaluate Harry Potter is to compare it to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. Taking into account the facts that Tolkien’s masterpiece is the standard for fantasy literature and that … Harry Potter Part II: The Good and the Not So GoodRead more
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Harry Potter Part I: The Good
Now that the complete Harry Potter series is available as a box set, it seems a good time to evaluate the phenomenon from a Christian perspective. Some Christians have been highly critical of the books, … Harry Potter Part I: The GoodRead more
What Sins Do You Call Excusable Part II
My last post was inspired by the following quotation from G. K. Chesterton. “Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.” … What Sins Do You Call Excusable Part IIRead more
Biblical Realism vs. Evangelical Sugarcoating
The Bible presents life’s evils without sugarcoating them. We gloss over them. Is it any wonder that our faith seems superficial to thinking and feeling unbelievers? Nowhere is this contrast more apparent than in Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus.
